scholarly journals COVID-19 Pandemic –Milestone in Rediscovering the Rural Life

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
Yuri GOLUBCHIKOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Life ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Continuous Transformation ◽  
Oxygen Ions ◽  
Solar Uv ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
Nature Preservation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Post Soviet Space

This study investigates the positive aspects of the impact COVID-19 pandemic has had on rural development, providing several examples from the post-Soviet space. It is predicted that the intensification of dacha recreation phenomenon, which has been significantly influenced by the pandemic, will spatially extend beyond the periurban areas of the largest cities and will create the preconditions for the restoration of abandoned villages, development of rural tourism and preservation of “archaic” living techniques and traditional lifestyle. In an interdisciplinary context, we learn about the increased tendency of city dwellers to own second homes (dacha) in the countryside. Attention is drawn to the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and a decrease in solar activity, along with the decrease in the disinfection capacity of solar UV radiation. The curative proprieties of landscapes are investigated, methods of their valorisation are proposed, and landscape therapy is proposed to be considered during pandemics, some of the most effective activities being open-air walks, with inhalation of negative oxygen ions, phytoncides, terpenes. The growth of uncertainties due to unlimited and uncontrolled human society development is postulated. It is proved that development must consider the unpredicted effects of a catastrophe and use this knowledge to prevent other more devastating events and effects. In this context, the preservation of the primary, although outdated, living techniques is proposed, since they can act as important survival factors in critical mode. It is concluded that COVID-19 pandemic should be perceived as a milestone in the reorientation of geography and ecology towards understanding and advocating for nature preservation to be able to sustain human society in a continuous transformation.

“So New Sincerity”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Rutten
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Academic Debate ◽  
Post Soviet Space

This chapter examines the relationship between sincerity and digitization and how sincerity relates to such central concepts in the sincerity-and-media debate as amateurism, imperfection, and craft. It considers the many online “produsers”—media expert Axel Bruns's term for denoting that, online, “distinctions between producers and users of content have faded into comparative insignificance”—who use online self-publishing tools to publicly share their views on sincerity. The chapter problematizes existing notions of mediatization and authenticity and discusses current debates about our “mediated” world. It calls for a move beyond Western paradigms and more transcultural sensitiveness in the academic debate on new media, reality, and honesty. It also looks at existing studies' near-exclusive emphasis on authenticity, sincerity's conceptual twin. It shows that in post-Soviet space, those who reflect on the impact of new media on our lives show a special interest not in authenticity but in sincerity.

Overcoming Barriers to Cooperation: Territorial and Issue Neutralization as Tools of Conflict Management

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-149
Author(s):  
Michael O. Slobodchikoff
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Design Feature ◽  
The Self ◽  
Cooperative Relationships ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Post Soviet Space

This article investigates how states can begin to cooperate and form bilateral relationships given severe barriers to cooperation. Certain issues can prevent cooperation from occurring despite strategic interests in doing so by both states. However, if states agree to use the institutional design feature of territorial or issue neutralization, then conflict can be averted even if some of the major hindrances to cooperation remains unresolved. I examine in greater detail how both territorial and issue neutralization are used as institutional designs feature in building a cooperative bilateral relationship. Through two major case studies, the self-imposed territorial neutralization of Finland in its relations with the Soviet Union as well as issue neutralization in the relationship between Russia and Ukraine following the collapse of the Soviet Union, I am able to show that territorial and issue neutralization may be effective tools for resolving conflict in the post-Soviet space and could create cooperative relationships instead of conflictual ones.

Eurasian Integration and Problems of Civil Society

2020 ◽  
pp. 117-134
Author(s):  
Elena Stetsko
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
Political Integration ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
Independent States ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
Economic Union ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Post Soviet Space ◽  
Discussion Topic

The сhapter studies the relationship between the development of integration processes and the development of civil society in the post-Soviet space and, in particular, in the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union. It consists of five parts. The introduction presents the main trends and vectors of integration processes in the post-Soviet space. The first part considers the concept of “civil society” and its features in Western and Russian political thought. The second part highlights the features of building a civil society in the independent states of the EAEU. General points and differences in the emerging civil societies of the EAEU countries are revealed. Further, in the fourth part, the “Eurasian idea” is considered in terms of its compatibility with the peculiarities of the development of civil society in the post-Soviet space. The final part proposes a discussion topic on the possibility of political integration within the EAEU.

Research on the Impact of Intellectual Capital on Corporate Value—Based on the Panel Data of Companies Listed on GEM

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fu-Sheng Wang ◽  
Bei Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Theoretical Method ◽  
Empirical Method ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Enterprise Value ◽  
Structural Capital ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Descriptive Statistical Analysis

Along with the human society entered the era of knowledge economy, intellectual capital has become a new growth point of enterprise value. How does the factor of intellectual capital influence the enterprise value? This paper reviews the relevant literatures and analyzes the relationship between intellectual capital and the enterprise value through both theoretical method and empirical method. In the theoretical analysis, we explore the impact of intellectual capital on enterprise value by mechanism and behavior. Then we selected the data of GEM listed companies from 2010 to 2015 for empirical analysis. Through descriptive statistical analysis and multiple regression analysis, we find there is some correlation between the intellectual capital and enterprise value. The empirical results show that material capital, human capital and structural capital are all positively correlated with the enterprise value.

scholarly journals Improving the competitiveness of post-Soviet integrated national economies

2021 ◽  
pp. 71-81
Author(s):  
Valerii Leonidovich Abramov ◽  
Natalya Vladimirovna Lapenkova
Keyword(s):  
Regional Integration ◽  
International Competitiveness ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Member States ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
National Economies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Post Soviet Space

The subject of this research is the international competitiveness of post-Soviet national economies, within the framework of a new integration association in the post-Soviet space – the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). In the context of studying the competitiveness of the member-states of international regional integration associations, the authors analyze and conditionally divide the scientific and theoretical reserve of Russian and foreign scholars into several key vectors of research. The article formulates the approaches towards assessing the impact of integration processes upon the competitiveness of national economies of the EAEU member-states. For the analysis of competitiveness of the participant countries in the integration alliance, the authors applied the methodology of the Global Competitiveness Index of the World Economic Forum. The competitiveness of participant countries of the alliance was examined in accordance with the eight main criteria: the effectiveness of state institutions, infrastructure, the level of macroeconomic stability, development of financial markets, effectiveness of goods and services market, effectiveness of the job market, development of human capital, and assessment of innovation activity. The conclusion is made that all the countries participating in post-Soviet integration association indicate positive dynamics in their international competitiveness, although its level differs considerably. The approach towards assessing the impact of integration upon the competitiveness is formulated. It is noted that the achievement of higher level of competitiveness is impeded by macroeconomic instability of the national economies of post-Soviet space. Recommendations are given in the formation of their competitive advantages within the framework of the integration union.

scholarly journals "FOREIGN ARCHIVE KAZAKHSTAN": CONTENT AND USE VALUE

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Khazretalikyzy ◽  
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А. Ahmet ◽  
Kh.M. Tursun ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Use Value ◽  
Historical Knowledge ◽  
Science And Culture ◽  
Historical Identity ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Post Soviet Space

The state program “Madeni Mura” (“Cultural Heritage”) has acquired great importance in the development of science and culture of Kazakhstan. When adopting this program, the experience of foreign programs in this area was taken into account. The Kazakhstani program is guided by laws and regulations, adopted by international organizations, relating to the development of culture, and relied on the experience of similar programs in the Russian Federation, France and others. The program that appeared in the post-Soviet space and based on the revival of national statehood is aimed at the formation of historical knowledge, historical identity in the country and popularization of cultural values of the young state. The article analyzes and evaluates the impact of the “Madeni Mura” program on the development of archival issues and experience in the area of foreign archival Kazakhstan. We took the direction of the Kazakhstani program regarding the archival sphere for the analysis

MILITARY COMPONENT OF THE POLICY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE STRATEGIC TRIANGLE RUSSIA – CHINA – USA: STRATEGIC PLANNING DOCUMENT SYSTEM

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 135-160
Author(s):  
D. V. GORDIENKO ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
The World ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Post Soviet Space

The purpose of this article is to assess the impact of the military component of the Russian Federation policy in the strategic triangle Russia – China – USA on its current Russian policy in the post-Soviet space, in Asia- Pacific and Euro-Atlantic regions, the Arctic, the middle East and in other regions of the world. An approach to the comparative assessment of this influence is proposed, which allows us to identify the priorities of Russia's policy in this area.

scholarly journals Ethnic Boundaries and Territorial Borders: On the Place of Lezgin Irredentism in the Construction of National Identity in Azerbaijan

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Leyla Sayfutdinova
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Major Threat ◽  
National Movements ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
External Forces ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Post Soviet Space

Abstract The Lezgin irredentist movement is one of the less-studied national movements in the post-Soviet space, despite affecting the strategically important Russian-Azerbaijani borderlands and the bordering process between the two post-Soviet states. This article aims to fill this gap and to examine the impact of the Lezgin national movement on the development of territorial nationalism in early post-Soviet Azerbaijan. Based on the analysis of media publications in three Azerbaijani newspapers between 1992 and 1996, I argue that the movement contributed to consolidating the territorial vision of the Azerbaijani nation as incorporating groups historically settled in this territory. While media coverage stressed friendship between ethnic Azerbaijanis and Lezgins, the responsibility for secessionist claims was placed on external forces, particularly Russia and Armenia. In the long term, this framing led to the securitization of ethnic minority activism as a major threat to Azerbaijani statehood.

scholarly journals Dangerous dyads in the post-Soviet space: explaining Russia's military escalation decisions, 1992–2010

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Paolo Rosa ◽  
Adriana Cuppuleri
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
State Level ◽  
Foreign Policy Analysis ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
Military Alliance ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
Dyad Analysis ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Post Soviet Space

Abstract This paper analyses the military behaviour of Russia from 1992 to 2010. The method used is a combination of the dyad analysis introduced by Stuart Bremer in 1992 and the analysis of unit-level variables, which is distinctive of foreign policy analysis. We empirically test a set of hypotheses about the determinants of Russia's military behaviour in the post-Cold War period by considering the impact of changes of international variables – relative power, the presence of military alliance pacts, the territorial salience of the dispute – and state-level variables – the degree of democracy/autocracy and regime vulnerability. A bivariate and a multivariate analysis are carried out to explain the separate and joint impacts of independent variables.

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